Why invite the King to open the Canadian Parliament? A few thoughts.
1) We keep talking about the importance of our institutions, and strengthening trust and understanding of them.
The Crown is a core institution within the Canadian constitution.
Grant articulated an admittedly nostalgic and idealized understanding of what made Canada distinct from the United States that doesn't work for Canada today.
But the point, and what makes Grant as relevant today as ever, is that his conception of our national culture is rooted